A lot of services and goods have appeared at general schools. The areas reserved for schooling now serve the trade.

Thousands of bunches of rau muong (water spinach), the most popular kind of vegetable for northern people, are provided to the capital city’s dwellers every day.

 Deo Ca or Ca Mountain Pass in central Vietnam has amazed many passers-by thanks to its stunning beauty.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung chaired the cabinet meeting from July 30-31 with a focus on maintaining reasonable and sustainable growth, stabilizing the macroeconomy and preventing the recurrence of high inflation.

 About 446,000 international visitors arrived in Vietnam in July, an increase of 11.6 percent over June, but down 7.9 percent compared to the same period last year.

VietNamNet Bridge – The cooperation between Samsung and PSD is hoped to help Samsung obtain the biggest market share in Vietnam by 2013.

A crimson cluster of bougainvillaea sways in the breeze, brightening up the balcony of a house in a quiet lane of Ha Noi. Sitting at a desk next to a large brown window, Nguyen Bich Lan, 36, is translating the last chapter of a book.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked the Ministers who were questioned at the past two National Assembly sessions to report about how they have kept their promise to people.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese authorities are calling for an intensified crackdown on waterway traffic violations even though the number of accidents is reported to be on the decline.

Hotel developers are experiencing the dark days in their business. The lower number of guests, low occupancy rate and decreasing revenues have all caused headaches for them.

 After three years of touring Europe, the Lang toi (My village) circus by artist Nhat Ly will perform at the Hanoi Opera House for free on August 10.

 The Prime Minister has given the nod to the Ministry of Education and Training to establish six new universities in the Mekong Delta.

 Big strikes are on the horizon until the year’s end as economic woes bite hard.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Average temperatures in northern central Viet Nam can rise by 3.5 degrees centigrade and dry season rainfall reduce by 30 per cent by 2100,

Vietnam plans to double arabica output by 2020; National strategy aims for public debt reduction; Deposit rate cap poised for another cut; Industrial index up 4.8 percent in seven months; Vietnam’s rice exports reach $2.1 billion

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s leading badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has said farewell to the 2012 Olympics after being defeated by India’s Kashyap Parupalli, the world’s 21st player.

 The Government has released its import and export strategy for the next eight years with an orientation towards 2030.

 Apple and Samsung on Monday faced off at a U.S. federal court in San Jose, northern California over their smartphone and tablet patent infringement dispute.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hanoi has invested a million US dollars in modern abattoirs but these facilities are not fully used. Hanoians still have to eat meat supplied by illegal, unhygienic abattoirs.

 Smartphones will be the thrust for the mobile phone retail market as up to 42% of Vietnamese consumers say they want to use the high-tech product.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A Malaysian truck driver has asked relevant agencies to find his Vietnamese wife who has brought their child back to Vietnam for over one month.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hundreds of strange birds which have appeared in Tan Thanh Ward in the northern mountain province of Dien Bien recently have been confirmed as the Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans).

Art House Cinema at Snap Cafe; Conference “Ai and Ky in the World of Invisible Numbers”; Exhibition “Collisions of Clamor and Calm”; Rock Music Night with BLACK INFINITY; Music Night with DJ Glaser; Future Shorts Event in August

 VietNamNet Bridge – Hoang My’s gown is praised on online forums on beauty pageants as one of the best designs at the Designer Award competition of the Miss World 2012 pageant in Shanghai on July 26.

  VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnamese representative Vu Hoang My, at the Miss World pageant wore a yellow ao dai to attend a charity party on the evening of July 29 in Shanghai, China.